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Hawlucha Card Guide: Iconic Prints, Chase Cards, and Display Picks

Hawlucha cards ranked for collectors: rarest pulls, best artwork, and perfect pairings with Altaria and Archen.

2025-01-16

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Popularity Rank: #171ℹ

Fan survey data

Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).

2025 survey: #156

2019 survey: #200

#171 / 1025

Official Hawlucha artwork - cute Hawlucha Pokémon card collector guide
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Hawlucha

Wrestling Pokémon

FightingFlying

Although its body is small, its proficient fighting skills enable it to keep up with big bruisers like Machamp and Hariyama.

Pokédex details

National Dex
#0701
Height
0.8 m
Weight
21.5 kg
Capture rate
100 / 255
Generation
Gen VI
Gender ratio
50% male, 50% female
Hatch steps
5,100 steps
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Medium
Color
Green
Habitat
—
Shape
Humanoid
PokéAPIBulbapediaPokémonDB

Hawlucha — the quick "why it's beloved" list

The elevator pitch for Hawlucha: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.

  • Pairs naturally with Altaria on a themed page — cute alone, cuter as a duo.
  • Hawlucha brings bird Pokémon energy: light, bright, and weirdly cheerful on a shelf.
  • Cheerful personality in-game — Hawlucha feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.

Pokémon TCG cards

Recent cards featuring Hawlucha from the Trading Card Game, newest first.

Ascended Heroes

Special Illustration Rare

Ascended Heroes

MEGA_ATTACK_RARE

Ascended Heroes

Double Rare

Perfect Order

Common

Celestial Guardians

Two Diamond

Prismatic Evolutions

Uncommon

Twilight Masquerade

Common

Paldean Fates

Shiny rare

Scarlet & Violet

Rare

SVP Black Star Promos

None

Silver Tempest

Common

Astral Radiance

Radiant Rare

Showing 12 of 22 loaded cards · card data from TCGdex with pokemontcg.io as backup · images via Scrydex when needed

Binder plan: Hawlucha edition

A workable spread formula for Hawlucha — scene print, anchor card, supporting cast — without overthinking supplies.

Cards to anchor your spread

TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.

Hawlucha Shiny rare from Paldean Fates
Mega Hawlucha ex Special Illustration Rare from Ascended Heroes
Hawlucha None from SVP Black Star Promos

Hawlucha #175 (Paldean Fates) is a top priority for collectors — the shiny treatment adds a sparkly centrepiece to any Hawlucha page.

Mega Hawlucha ex #283 (Ascended Heroes) (Special Illustration Rare) is a bold display pick with premium artwork that immediately upgrades a binder spread.

Hawlucha #7 (SVP Black Star Promos) is a promo worth chasing — alternate art that stands out on any Hawlucha binder page.

Species art references

Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.

Hawlucha Official artwork

Official artwork

Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.

Hawlucha HOME render

HOME render

Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.

Hawlucha Dream World vector

Dream World vector

Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.

Hawlucha Shiny palette

Shiny palette

Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.

Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).

Hawlucha mini binder spread

A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Hawlucha chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.

Left page

Hawlucha Michi Method scene — Scene artwork (Art of Pokémon)

Paldean Fates

Shiny rare

Ascended Heroes

Special Illustration Rare

SVP Black Star Promos

None

Ascended Heroes

MEGA_ATTACK_RARE

Ascended Heroes

Double Rare

Perfect Order

Common

Celestial Guardians

Two Diamond

Right page

Prismatic Evolutions

Uncommon

Twilight Masquerade

Common

Scarlet & Violet

Rare

Silver Tempest

Common

Astral Radiance

Radiant Rare

Brilliant Stars

Common

Hawlucha Michi Method scene — Pokemon Legends Z-A Lumiose City Map Artwork

Fusion Strike

Uncommon

The Michi Method treats your binder like a small gallery: print one scene that spans multiple pockets, then nest your favourite Hawlucha cards around it. The picks and reference art below are meant for collectors building display spreads — not competitive lists.

Michi Method scene examples

Wide illustrated scenes and promotional art you can print across multiple binder pockets — not cropped card frames.

Hawlucha Michi Method scene — Scene artwork (Art of Pokémon)

Scene artwork (Art of Pokémon)

View on source gallery

Scene art via artofpkm.com — Scene artwork (Art of Pokémon)

Hawlucha Michi Method scene — Pokemon Legends Z-A Lumiose City Map Artwork

Pokemon Legends Z-A Lumiose City Map Artwork

View on source gallery

Scene art via artofpkm.com — Pokemon Legends Z-A Lumiose City Map Artwork

Find more scene art

Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.

Art of Pokémon galleryPokéos textless TCG artPinterest scene searchArtStation scene searchGoogle Images

Scene references via artofpkm.com. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.

Additional tips

  • Keep a "swap tray" of mid-value Hawlucha duplicates beside the binder — trades move faster when the page is already curated.
  • Lead with your strongest Hawlucha single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Altaria, Archen, and Archeops so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
  • Try a brick red, terracotta, and sky blue sleeve story around Hawlucha's fighting-type and flying-type identity — mat color does more work than people admit in photos.
  • Catch rate 100 sits in the middle — you can mix "daily driver" commons with one aspirational SAR without the page feeling lopsided.

Abilities, moves & metagame notes

For players and duel-minded collectors — abilities, hallmark moves, and tier shorthand in one place.

Base stats

In-game numbers for Hawlucha — useful context beside abilities and moves.

❤️HP

78

⚔️Attack

92

🛡️Defense

75

✨Sp. Atk

74

🔮Sp. Def

63

💨Speed

118

Total: 500

Players file Hawlucha around tier "RUBL" while Ability Limber (Prevents paralysis.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.

  • Hidden Ability Mold Breaker is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
  • High Jump Kick — User is hurt by 50% of its max HP if it misses. — Illustration Rares that stage that motion tend to outperform static portraits.

3D battle sprites

Animated Showdown-style models for Hawlucha — normal and shiny.

Normal
Hawlucha normal 3D sprite
Shiny
Hawlucha shiny 3D sprite

Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.

Backstory & Lore

A short write-up on Hawlucha, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.

Although its body is small, its proficient fighting skills enable it to keep up with big bruisers like Machamp and Hariyama.

With its wings, it controls its position in the air. It likes to attack from above, a maneuver that is difficult to defend against.

A second dex beat (Shield) frames Hawlucha as one that always strikes a pose before going for its finishing move.. Rotating that line on a sticky note beside the page keeps the spread feeling lived-in.

Hawlucha shows up in Ultra Sun lore as one that overwhelms opponents with quick moves, but sometimes it showboats for too long when it’s using a special move and gets itself into a pinch. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.

Name in other languages

Common localized names collectors may search for.

🇩🇪German
Resladero
🇪🇸Spanish
Hawlucha
🇫🇷French
Brutalibré
🇮🇹Italian
Hawlucha
🇯🇵Japanese
ルチャブル
🇯🇵Japanese (Romaji)
Luchabull
🇰🇷Korean
루차불
🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)
摔角鹰人
🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)
摔角鷹人

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